Bohannon is charged with two counts of capital murder for killing 24-year-old Jerry “Little Jerry” Duboise Jr. and Anthony “Andy” Harvey, 45, outside the Paradise Lounge on Hwy. 45 in Eight Mile. The three had what amounts to a shootout outside the bar just after 7:30 that morning, with Bohannon emerging unhurt and the victims lying near each other, dead of gunshot wounds and, in Harvey’s case, blunt force trauma to the head.

From the witness stand, Dr. John Krolikowski, a senior medical examiner with the Alabama Dept. of Forensic Sciences, described autopsy photographs of Harvey and Duboise’s wounds. In addition to being shot in the torso, both men also had injuries to their heads and faces, Krolikowski said.

View full sizeFrom left, Jerry Dwayne Bohannon, on trial for capital murder, is seen with attorneys Bob Clark and Jason Darley. (Michael Dumas/mdumas@al.com)

Testimony from the first day of the trial on Monday indicated the two had been kicked and beaten with the murder weapon – a .357 pistol – by Bohannon. Harvey sustained skull fractures which contributed to his death, Krolikowski said.

During testimony from lead investigator, Det. Victor Myles, defense attorney Bob Clark pointed out that, of the things found on his client at the time of his arrest, one was a valid license to carry his firearm. Clark has maintained throughout the trial that neither Duboise or Harvey had permits for the pistols they were carrying on the night they were killed.

Surveillance photos taken from three different angles outside the bar don’t clearly show any of the three men firing weapons, but crime-scene investigators testified to finding spent casings from .22- and .32-caliber weapons at the scene.

Drug use by the three men has also been an issue throughout the trial.

On Monday, investigators testified that Duboise was found with two small bags of a powdery substance in his back pocket, and on Tuesday a forensic scientist confirmed it was approximately a half-gram of methamphetamine.

Dr. Curt Harper, a toxicologist, testified that both he and Harvey were found with possibly near-toxic amounts of methamphetamine in their system, depending on each man’s history with the drug. And although no evidence was offered as to whether the men were under the influence of the drug the night they died, two Paradise employees testified on Monday to having previously used meth with the victims.

Both also testified that, while all three were inside the bar before the incident occurred, Bohannon asked them to procure as much as an ounce of the drug for him.

Aside from the confirmation of drugs in the victims’ systems, the most compelling piece of evidence came from Myles, who testified about a spontaneous statement he said Bohannon made while being placed in a squad car en route to Mobile Metro Jail after he was arrested and brought to Prichard police headquarters.

According to Myles, Bohannon said, “He owed me money, so it should be self-defense.”

There was no indication from Myles as to who the defendant was talking about.

On a 911 call recording played for the jury on Monday, one of the witnesses outside the Paradise Lounge is heard telling the operator that after shooting Duboise, the defendant went through his pockets, possibly taking money.

Both the state and defense rested on Tuesday afternoon. Each will present its closing argument on Wednesday morning before the jury begins its deliberations. If convicted, Bohannon could face the death penalty.